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Symptoms
Long-term
Complications
Transmis
sion and
Preventio
n
Treatment
Gonorrhea
The Clap
Many have mild or

no symptoms. Men
may experience a
burning sensation
when urinating, white,
green, or yellow
discharge from the
penis, or painful or
swollen testicles.
Women may
experience painful or
burning sensation
when urinating,
increased vaginal
discharge, or vaginal
bleeding between
periods. Rectal
infection symptoms
may include
discharge, anal
itching, soreness,
bleeding, or painful
bowel movements.
Throat infections may
cause a sore throat.
Women can develop

PID, which
jeopardizes fertility
and increases risk of
an ectopic pregnancy
(the egg attaches
itself to an area
outside of the uterus).
Can pass to the baby
in the birth canal.
Men develop can
develop epididymitis
(infection in the small
tubes located behind
each testicle, where
sperm is stored).
Transmissi
on:
through
sexual
activity,
from
mother to
baby in the
birth canal.
Prevention
: sexual
abstinence
Antibiotics are
given for
treatment.
However, drug
resistant strains of
the gonorrhea
have developed
and are becoming
more difficult to
treat.
Syphilis
The Great
Imitator
Most do not have

symptoms for yrs. A
sore called a
chancre may
develop at the spot
where the syphilis
entered the body. A
skin rash on 1 or
more of areas of the
body. Fever, swollen
lymph glands, sore
throat, patch hair
loss, headaches,
weight loss, muscle
aches, and fatigue.
If untreated, the late

stage of syphilis can
cause paralysis,
blindness, dementia,
and death. Unborn
babies can get it from
their mothers.
Transmissi
on:
through
sexual
activity,
Primary and
mother to secondary syphilis
unborn
can be treated
children.
with penicillin.
Prevention
: sexual
abstinence
.
Questi
ons
Resour
ces
HPV
Genital
Warts
Most do not develop

symptoms. Some
types of HPV can
cause genital warts,
while others can
develop into cancers
of the cervix, vulva,
vagina, anus, and
penis.
If untreated, genital
warts, from HPV can
turn into cancer or the
cervix, penis, anus,
vulva, and/or vagina.
Transmissi
on: sexual
activity
Prevention
: sexual
abstinence
.
Visible genital
warts can be
removed by
medication. HPVrelated cancers
are treated with a
variety of surgery.
Herpes
The
Herps
Most people do not

exhibit symptoms.
Occasionally infected
persons may
experience an
outbreak of sore, flulike symptoms, fever,
and swollen glands.
Most people who

have genital herpes
dont know it and can
unknowingly transmit
it to others.
Outbreaks can be
painful and be
transmitted to infants
at birth.
Transmissi
on: sexual
activity
Prevention
: sexual
abstinence
none
SAME
COMPLICATIONS
FOR MEN AND
WOMEN AS
GONERRHEA.
Transmissi
on: sexual
activity
and from
mother to
Antibiotics are
child in the
given.
birth canal.
Prevention
: sexual
abstinence
.
Lifelong disease that

can cause heart
attacks, liver failure,
cancer, and death.
Transmissi
on:
Weekly injection
through
therapy is
needles
required.
and
syringes
Majority have no
Chlamydia
symptoms. SAME
CLAM, The
SYMPTOMS FOR
Silent
MEN AND WOMEN
Epidemic
AS GONERRHEA.
Hepatitis C
Infectious
Hepatitis,
HCV
Initially, most have

mild or no symptoms.
When symptoms do
occur they may
include fever, fatigue,
dark urine, claycolored stool,
abdominal pain, loss
of appetite, nausea,
vomiting, joint pain,
and jaundice.
HIV/AIDS
High Five,
Clap
Many do not see

symptoms for 10 yrs.
The only way to know
you are infected is if
you are tested.
Persons w/ advanced
HIV may experience
rapid weight loss, dry
cough, fever, night
sweats, fatigue,
diarrhea, swollen
lymph glands,
pneumonia, memory
loss, depression, &
neurological
disorders.
HIV/AIDS can be
transmitted to unborn
children and also
through needles. HIV
damages the immune
system to a point a
person may develop
AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency
Syndrome). The body
becomes unable to
fight off common
diseases and
disorders leading to
severe illness and
death.
Transmissi
on: from
mother to
unborn
children,
through
needles.
Prevention
: use
sterile
needles
and sexual
abstinence
.
Some symptoms
or illnesses
related to
HIV/AIDS can be
treated, but the
consequences of
the disease are
lifelong.

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S T I G r a p h i c O r g a n iz e r

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